Matt Rutherford // Red Dot on the Ocean Movie
On the Wind Sailing
Andy Schell
4.8 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2014
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
#78. Matt Rutherford is back, and joins Andy via Skype from the R/V Ault, the Ocean Research Project's Colvin schooner in Annapolis. They discuss Matt's tumultuous history as a youngster, which was depicted in the newly released documentary 'Red Dot on the Ocean.' Matt touches on living in a cult, spending weeks in prison, living on and off the streets and how he relates to money (or lack thereof).
"At the end of the day you die," says Matt. "It's not about how much money you have, but what you've done with your life."
They also discuss the ORP's last expedition across the Pacific in a Harbor 29 daysailor. The conversation wraps up with Andy & Matt just chatting sailing in general, as they often do.
Buy the DVD of 'Red Dot on the Ocean' here or purchase the digital download here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Anna Viners, live from Sweden. Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing podcast with your host, Andy Schell. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning, good morning. Welcome back to the 59 North Sailing podcast. I'm your host, Andy Schell. I am recording this intro today, Monday, December 8th, live from St. Lucia. |
| 0:22.1 | Mia and I just got down here yesterday last night for the finish of the Ark rally, |
| 0:26.6 | and we'll be here for the next two weeks, working our butts off |
| 0:29.7 | and welcoming in the 200-some boats that are in the Ark. |
| 0:34.1 | So that's what we'll be doing. |
| 0:35.3 | I'll be in charge of the media. |
| 0:36.7 | So if you want to follow the events and stuff happening down here, check out worldcruising.com |
| 0:43.1 | slash arc and all the news and features and stuff I will be working on this week. So check that |
| 0:49.1 | out. This episode is number 78. It is sponsored again by you guys. |
| 0:55.9 | I'm going to be sending on a newsletter about Christmas specials on some of the stuff we're doing, the coffee, namely, plus some of the gear on the website and some of the, my celestial course and a couple of the passages we have coming up. |
| 1:09.0 | So check that one out. No official sponsor this week, so I appreciate the support from the listeners. |
| 1:14.6 | This is Matt Rutherford again. |
| 1:16.6 | This is a meandering conversation that I had with Matt a couple weeks ago. |
| 1:20.6 | Kind of started out. |
| 1:21.7 | I wanted to call him because I'd seen his red dot on the ocean movie, |
| 1:25.5 | and there was a lot of stuff in there about his younger days that I was never aware of. |
| 1:30.5 | So we talked a little bit about that. |
| 1:31.9 | Then we talked a little bit about his Japan trip, the last expedition of the Ocean Research Project. |
| 1:36.9 | And then we kind of just devolved into two guys talking about sailing. |
| 1:42.1 | So that's how it finishes. |
| 1:44.0 | Not too much of a point to this episode, |
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